[NBLUG/talk] System Message

[Justin Thiessen]

On Thu, Feb 17, 2005 at 11:33:43PM -0800, Walter Hansen wrote:
> I probably still have some of those posters arround or copies of them. And

I have a couple of them, but the creases are probably really fragile by now.
I also still have a couple of old catalogs somewhere.

http://www.lazilong.com/apple_II/bbros/

Remember these?

http://www.panic.com/~stevenf/beagle/diskcare.html

(base url...)

http://www.panic.com/~stevenf/beagle/

> the real big thing about Copy ][ Plus wasn't that it copied disks, but the
> disk editor. I've got a ][e with a meg or two of memory also. I should set

I remember using a (yes, pirated) copy of copy ][ Plus or some similar
program to cruise through the contents of my ultima V disks around age 14.
I was very amused to find out that you could wish for a set of expensive
car makes (ferrari, lamborghini, maserati, etc.) at a wishing well, as well
as the typical horse.  To my disappointment, no matter which car you wished
for, you still ended up with a horse.

It's been a long while since I had time to do stuff like just browse hex
dumps.


Yeah, I have a ][e/color monitor/ram card sitting around somewhere, most of
which I rescued from a dumpster back in college.  Haven't touched it for
a couple of moves.  Every so often I get the itch to go back and actually
teach myself 6502 assembly, but real life usually intervenes.  Programming
on small machines was fun.

> up a ][e in the store and charge by the hour. Remember Lode runner. We
> were always trying to make really difficult levels. What was it call -151
> to get into the system monitor from the prompt?

Call -151?  Yep...  Remember 3D0G?  And Poke 32,40? (changing the width of
the text screen...)  So much info is still rotting out of my brain.

I played lots of Lode Runner (and made lots of evil levels.)  The trick of
making levels for me was to avoid making tough ones without creating dead
ends that the player couldn't get out of.

We should have a lode runner tournament someday.

What computer did you shift to after your ][e?  I ended up on the typical
MS-DOS compatibles around the 486 era.

Justin


> > You could do so many of these sorts of things with utility programs from
> > the Beagle Bros.  Remember them?  They had the coolest catalogs and
> > ads with lots of fun 1- and 2-line programs you had to type without
> > spaces...  They printed enough tips that you could essentially write
> > your own version of "DOS Boss" using the info.  I spent a lot of time
> > doing this when I was something like 14-15.  I miss that free time.
> > I learned so much more then by just screwing around with the computer
> > than I ever learned in a class.
> >
> > Justin
> >
> 
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